"it's been a long, a long time coming, but i know, change gonna come"
vancouver's getting beautylicious this summer with the highly anticipated opening of our very own sephora. that's right, the black-and-white-striped mother ship. and in true vancouver fashion, only 5 years after it came to toronto. oh snap.
:: 7,452 square feet
:: 230 brands
:: no more online shopping with high customs brokerage fees
:: no more waiting in long border line ups
okay, so those guilty-pleasure day trips won't stop 'til we get target, nordstrom & forever 21, to name a few. and while you can already find several sephora faves around vancouver - like laura mercier, stila, cargo, bliss & fresh - we'll finally have local access to (fingers crossed) frederic fekkai, kat von d, urban decay, too faced & sephora brand.
so just how big is 7,452 square feet? to put it into perspective, the cosmetics floor just across the street at holt renfrew is 16,000 square feet.
the big day is july 10th with stores opening at pacific centre and coquitlam centre, with metrotown to follow in the fall. let's hope the downtown location is a "good" sephora. if you know your sephora, you know what i mean (ie. nyc sephoras: midtown good, times square bad).
